David Owen
Service Number
267337
Military Unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
03 Oct 1917 (26 years old)
Place of Birth
East Kirkby Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a carrier's assistant.
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Family History
David Owen was born in 1891 the son of Jonas a general carrier and Harriet Owen née Parnell and the brother of Beatrice and Wallace Owen. In 1911 they lived at Alexandra Villas Diamond Avenue East Kirkby.
Jonas was born in 1861 at Dawley, Shropshire, Harriett Parnell was born in 1864 at Rougham, Norfolk, married in 1883 their marriage was recorded in the Basford Registration district, the had 8 children, 3 died in infancy or early childhood.
Military History
Private David Owen, enlisted at Derby and served with the 1/7th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles), he was killed in action on 3rd October 1917. He is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe.
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
David Owen
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Courtesy Murray Biddle